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Astronomical alignments as the cause of ~M6+ seismicity

The European Royal Society, omerbashich@theroyalsociety.eu; cc: omerbashich@gmail.com
I here demonstrate empirically my georesonator concept in which tidally induced magnification of Earth masses resonance causes seismicity. To that end, I show that all strong (~M6+) earthquakes of 2010 occurred during the Earths long (t > 3 day) astronomical alignments within our solar system. I then show that the same holds true for all very strong (~M8+) earthquakes of the decade of 2000s. Finally, the strongest (M8.6+) earthquakes of the past century are shown to have occurred during the Earths multiple long alignments, whereas half of the highstrongest (M9+) ones occurred during Full Moon. I used the comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin), as it has been adding to robustness in terms of very strong seismicity since 2007 (in terms of strongest seismicity: since 1965). The Elenin will continue intensifying the Earths very strong seismicity until August-October, 2011. Approximate forecast of earthquakes based on my discoveries is feasible. This demonstration proves my hyperresonator concept, arrived at earlier as a mathematical-physical solution to the most general extension of the georesonator concept possible.

Mensur Omerbashich

Introduction
The Earths ~M7+ seismicity can arise as a natural response of our planet to its alignments with other celestial objects, the Sun/Moon in particular [1]. Such seismicity exhibits an up to 3-day phase and a maximum displacement of up to ~10 m which corresponds to M9.5 quakes which are the strongest allowed in a luni-solar georesonator (the Earth as a mechanical oscillator forced by celestial bodies) [1]. That is the extreme case-scenario for our solar system. I have already verified the georesonator theoretically, by extending it to the most general realm that of the hyperresonator (the Universe thought of as a mechanical oscillator forced by other Universes). As the result, a remarkable mathematical solution was arrived at: the first analytical expression for the Newtonian gravitational constant, G, was derived for various scales [2]. Here, rather than looking just into the Moon-Sun forcing, I expand the georesonator so to consider the forcing of the Earth by other celestial objects presently found in our solar system as well. Units of time are given to within 1 day, as differential orbital inclinations in the nearly coplanar solar system can be safely ignored. The alignments were estimated to 1 arc , and the ~ means 5%.

Verification
The georesonator concept is herein verified by comparing the epochs of the last years strong (~M6+), the last decades very strong (~M8+), as well as the last centurys strongest (M8.6+) seismicity, against the Earths alignments with significant bodies of mass in our solar system. Here significant are all objects between the Sun and the Neptunes orbit, which can cause gravitational shadowing on the Earth, akin to that demonstrably caused by the Sun/Moon [1] [2]. Therefore, I include the following celestial objects in this verification: the Sun, the Mercury, the Venus, the Mars, the Jupiter, the Saturn, the Uranus, the Neptune, and the comet C/2010X1 (Elenin). The Elenin is included for two reasons: first, it drags with it a cloud of gravitationally locked particles around 30,000 km across, making its gravitational shadowing significant for proving the georesonator, and, secondly, it passed the Uranus orbit (on the Elenins own sling-orbit about the Sun) within the previous decade, adding to the verification's robustness in terms of very strong seismicity. The Elenin has started affecting the Earths strongest seismicity around mid 1960-ies. The use of the previous decade gives ten years of seismic data which are same in kind but entirely independent from the (1990's) data that I had used to prove the georesonator mathematically-physically [1][2]. The JPL Orbit Solutions for C/2010X1 (16 and 23 March 2011) were used for resolving the alignments [3]. The earthquake data are from USGS [4], and lunar phases are from NASA [5]. Thus the verification as presented herein is entirely methodological. No statistical testing was done due to relatively small sample sizes. Then methodological verification suffices, but also because of diverse distributions [1], and the fact that mathematical-physical verification has been achieved (via independent reasoning) [2]. Then in order to empirically verify the georesonator concept, it suffices to show that all strong earthquakes of 2010 have occurred during the astronomical alignments, and in a self-evident fashion. I arbitrarily select 2010 because it contained the most robust data, presumably due to the proximity of the approaching Elenin. Secondly, one has to show that the very strong decadal earthquakes occurred during the alignments as well. Lastly, the past centurys strongest earthquakes must be demonstrated also to have occurred during the alignments. Note that the total number of the alignments and very strong earthquakes is nearly the same over the selected test periods. Here nearly depicts the difference ascribable solely to earthquakes of lower magnitude class.

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Figure 1. The resonance magnification pattern, as a gravitational shadow traverses the Earth thus disturbing the Earths masses; cases A-O, Table 1. The resolution increases with the Earths response as measured by the number of (strong) earthquakes where the total resolvedness is attained past the minimum resolution of 3 (successive strong) earthquakes.

ALIGNMENTS

DATE

MOON

LOCATION Solomon Isles Solomon Isles Sandwich Isles Solomon Isles Indonesia California US Haiti Yellowstone US

MAGNITUDE

DEPTH

LABEL PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS MPS CP CS CS CMPS CS CS CP CP CP

Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus Jan 03 2010 Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus Jan 03 2010 A Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus Jan 05 2010 Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus Jan 05 2010 Earth-Sun-Venus Jan 10 2010 Jan 10 2010 B Earth-Sun-Venus Earth-Sun-Venus Jan 12 2010 Earth proximal to: Mars-Sun-Venus Jan 17-25 10 Mars-Earth-Venus Jan 28 2010 Jan 30 2010 Mars-Earth-Sun; Moon-Earth-Sun Feb 14 2010 Mars-Earth-Mercury; Earth-Moon-Sun Elenin-Earth-Venus Feb 18 2010 Elenin-Earth-Jupiter Feb 22 2010 Elenin-Earth-Sun Feb 25 2010 C Elenin-Earth-Sun Earth-Sun-Jupiter; Sun Feb 26 2010 Feb 27 2010 Elenin-Earth-Sun; Elenin-Earth-Sun Feb 27 2010 Elenin-Earth-Sun Feb 27 2010 Elenin-Earth-Mercury Mar 04 2010 Elenin-Earth-Mercury Mar 04 2010 Mar 05 2010 D Elenin-Earth-Mercury

Mw=6.6 d=26.0 km Mw=7.1 d=25.0 km Mw=6.8 d=10.0 km Mw=6.8 d=15.0 km Mw=5.1 d=65.0 km Mw=6.5 d=29.0 km Mw=7.0 d=13.0 km (swarm w/1000s of events) Mw=5.1 d=10.0 km d=578 km d=10.0 km d=25.0 km d=23.0 km d=35.0 km d=10.0 km d=21.0 km d=176 km d=18.0 km

F N

China

China/RU/N.Korea Mw=6.9 China Japan Chile Chile Argentina Taiwan Vanuatu Chile Mw=5.2 Mw=7.0 Mw=8.8 Mw=6.9 Mw=6.3 Mw=6.3 Mw=6.5 Mw=6.6

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Elenin-Earth-Mercury Mar 05 2010 Indonesia Mw=6.3 Elenin-Earth-Mercury; Earth-Sun-Mercury Mar 08 2010 Turkey Mw=6.1 Earth-Sun-Mercury; Saturn-Earth-Venus Mar 11 2010 Chile Mw=6.9 Earth-Sun-Mercury; Saturn-Earth-Venus Mar 11 2010 Chile Mw=6.7 Earth-Sun-Mercury-Uranus Mar 14 2010 Japan Mw=6.5 Mar 16 2010 N Chile Mw=6.7 Earth-Sun-Mercury-Uranus; Sun Saturn-Earth-Sun Mar 20 2010 Papua NG Mw=6.6 Earth-Mercury-Venus; Moon-Earth-Sun Mar 30 2010 F India Mw=6.7 Earth-Mercury-Venus Apr 04 2010 Mexico Mw=7.2 Earth-Mercury-Venus Apr 06 2010 Indonesia Mw=7.8 Apr 11 2010 Solomon Isles Mw=6.8 E Earth-Mercury-Venus Earth-Mercury-Venus; Earth-Moon-Sun Apr 13 2010 N China Mw=6.9 Earth-Mercury-Venus Apr 18 2010 Afghanistan Mw=5.6 Earth-Mercury-Venus Apr 20 2010 Australia Mw=5.2 Saturn-Earth-Uranus Apr 26 2010 Taiwan Mw=6.5 Earth-Mercury-Sun Apr 30 2010 Bering Sea Mw=6.5 Elenin-Earth-Neptune(Earth-Mercury-Sun)May 05 2010 Indonesia Mw=6.6 Elenin-Earth-Neptune(Earth-Mercury-Sun)May 06 2010 Chile Mw=6.2 Indonesia Mw=7.2 F Elenin-Earth-Neptune(Earth-Mercury-Sun)May 09 2010 Elenin-Earth-Neptune(Earth-Mercury-Sun)May 14 2010 N Algeria Mw=5.2 Saturn-Earth-Jupiter May 24 2010 Brazil Mw=6.5 May 26 2010 Japan Mw=6.5 G Saturn-Earth-Jupiter Saturn-Earth-Jupiter; Moon-Earth-Sun May 27 2010 F Vanuatu Mw=7.1 Mars-Earth-Neptune May 31 2010 Andaman, India Mw=6.5 Nicobar, India Mw=7.5 Earth-Jupiter Uranus; Earth-Moon-Sun Jun 12 2010 N H Earth-Jupiter Uranus Jun 16 2010 Indonesia Mw=7.0 Earth-Jupiter Uranus Jun 16 2010 Indonesia Mw=6.6 Jun 26 2010 F Solomon Isles Mw=6.7 Earth-Sun-Mercury; Moon-Earth-Sun Earth-Sun-Mercury Jun 30 2010 Mexico Mw=6.3 Earth-Venus-Elenin Jul 14 2010 Chile Mw=6.6 Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 18 2010 Alaska USA Mw=6.6 Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 18 2010 Papua NG Mw=6.9 Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 18 2010 Papua NG Mw=7.3 Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 23 2010 Philippines Mw=7.3 Jul 23 2010 Philippines Mw=7.6 I Saturn-Earth-Uranus Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 23 2010 Philippines Mw=7.4 Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 24 2010 Philippines Mw=6.6 Mw=6.6 Saturn-Earth-Uranus; Moon-Earth-Sun Jul 29 2010 F+3 Philippines Saturn-Earth-Uranus Jul 30 2010 Iran Mw=5.4 Mars-Earth-Jupiter Aug 04 2010 Papua NG Mw=6.5 Mars-Earth-Jupiter Aug 04 2010 Papua NG Mw=7.0 Aug 10 2010 N Vanuatu Mw=7.3 Venus-Earth-Jupiter; Earth-Moon-Sun Venus-Earth-Jupiter Aug 12 2010 N+3 Ecuador Mw=7.1 J Venus-Earth-Jupiter Aug 13 2010 Mariana Isles Mw=6.9 Venus-Earth-Jupiter Aug 14 2010 Mariana Isles Mw=6.6 Earth-Venus-Mars Saturn-Earth-Jupiter Aug 20 2010 Papua NG Mw=6.4 Aug 27 2010 Iran Mw=5.7 K Earth-Venus-Mars Earth-Venus-Mars Aug 29 2010 China Mw=4.9 Earth-Mercury-Sun-Elenin Sep 03 2010 Alaska USA Mw=6.5 Earth-Mercury-Sun-Elenin Sep 03 2010 New Zealand Mw=7.0 Earth-Venus-Mars Sep 27 2010 Iran Mw=5.8 Earth-Venus-Mars Sep 29 2010 Indonesia Mw=7.0 L Earth-Venus-Mars; Earth-Sun-Saturn; Jupiter-Earth-Mercury Oct 01 2010 Earth-Venus-Mars Oct 10 2010 Pakistan Mw=5.2 Earth-Sun-Mercury Oct 21 2010 California Gulf Mw=6.7 Earth-Venus-Mercury Oct 25 2010 Indonesia Mw=7.8 Earth-Venus-Sun Oct 29 2010 Jupiter-Earth-Elenin Nov 03 2010 Indonesia Mw=6.1 Nov 03 2010 Serbia Mw=5.4 MJupiter-Earth-Elenin Nov 06 2010 N Iran Mw=4.9 Jupiter-Earth-Elenin; Earth-Moon-Sun Elenin-Earth-Uranus Nov 10 2010 India Mw=6.5 Nov 21 2010 F Earth-Mercury-Mars; Moon-Earth-Sun N Elenin-Earth-Uranus Nov 30 2010 Japan Mw=6.8 Elenin-Earth-Uranus Dec 02 2010 Papua NG Mw=6.6 Earth-Mercury-Mars Dec 14 2010 Earth-Mercury-Sun Dec 19 2010 Ethiopia Mw=5.1 Dec 20 2010 Iran Mw=6.7 O Earth-Mercury-Sun Dec 21 2010 F Japan Mw=7.4 Earth-Mercury-Sun; Moon-Earth-Sun Earth-Mercury-Sun Dec 25 2010 Vanuatu Mw=7.3

d=21.0 km d=12.0 km d=11.0 km d=18.0 km d=32.0 km d=18.0 km d=415 km d=34.0 km d= 4.0 km d=31.0 km d=21.0 km d=17.0 km d=13.0 km d= 0.0 km d=15.0 km d=14.0 km d=27.0 km d=37.0 km d=38.0 km d= 2.0 km d=581 km d=10.0 km d=31.0 km d=112 km d=35.0 km d=18.0 km d=11.0 km d=35.0 km d=20.0 km d=22.0 km d=14.0 km d=28.0 km d=35.0 km d=607 km d=586 km d=641 km d=553 km d=627 km d=24 km d=226 km d=44.0 km d=25.0 km d=207 km d=10.0 km d=13.0 km d=51.0 km d= 7.0 km d=53.0 km d=24.0 km d=12.0 km d=27.0 km d=26.0 km d=33.0 km d=10.0 km d=20.0 km d=29.1 km d=10.0 km d= 5.0 km d=10.0 km d=487 km d=33.0 km d=10.0 km d=12.0 km d=17.0 km d=12.0 km

CP CPS PS PS PS MPS PS MPS P P P MPS P P P PS P(S) P(S) P(S) MP(S) P P MPS P MPS P P MPS PS CP P P P P P P P MPS P P P MPS MPS P P P P P CPS CPS P P P PS P CP CP CMP CP CP CP PS PS MPS PS

Table 1. Comparison of the Earths all astronomical alignments v. all strong (~M6+) earthquakes, of 2010. Earthquake labels: C for Elenin-caused, M for Moon-caused, P for planetary-caused, S for Sun-caused alignment. Consecutive bold caps on the left hand-side mark the cases of the long (t > 3 days) alignments; see Figure 1. The Moon phase labels: N for New Moon, F for Full Moon; both to within 1 day. Underscored Sun marks a solar eclipse, while underscored Moon marks a lunar eclipse; both of any type and to within 2 lunar months, or within 1 lunar month when in bold.

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Discussion
As seen from Table 1, all strong earthquakes of the year 2010 occurred during a long (t > 3 days) astronomical alignment. The alignments were occurring at the rate of some 20-30 times per year before the Elenin crossed into the Uranus orbit in 2006, and around 30-40 times per year afterwards. Table 1 and Figure 1 reveal a regular pattern for dissipation of energy in all cases (labeled A-O). The pattern is better resolved for longer lasting alignments, i.e., those that can be related to more than a minimum of three of the strong earthquakes; see Figure 1. As expected for a georesonator (as oscillations add up), magnification of the Earth masses oscillation intensifies as the alignment gets straighter; while it fades out as the alignment fades out. Then brief alignments, of up to three days in duration, can not generally be related to strong earthquakes. For example, the killer Haiti earthquake of 12 January came at a culmination of the Earth-Sun-Venus long alignment lasting for several days due to the Suns size. The focal depth is of no relevance here, except for some cases of the lunar forcing (namely: I, J) [1], indicating that all strong seismicity on Earth is rather due to a general external mechanism such as the georesonator as forced by all significant celestial objects. Proximity of the Earth to the alignments of other celestial bodies, particularly of those involving the Sun, can result in intense seismic activity such as at the Yellowstone, US, which caused a swarm with thousands of quakes during the Earths proximal pass by the MarsSun-Venus alignment of 17-25 January. Even when coming in triplets such as of 21 October, the short alignments seem unable to cause strong earthquakes. Note that the alignments are relatively rare events that occur on average less than once a week, while the multiple ones occur on average less than once a month.

ALIGNMENTS

DATE

MOON

LOCATION Papua NG Peru Alaska US Japan Macquarie NZ Indonesia Indonesia Tonga Kuril Isles RU Kuril Isles RU Solomon Isles Peru Indonesia Indonesia Fiji China Indonesia New Zealand Samoa Vanuatu Chile Japan

MAGNITUDE Mw=8.0 Mw=8.4 Mw=7.9 Mw=8.3 Mw=8.1 Mw=9.1 Mw=8.6 Mw=8.0 Mw=8.3 Mw=8.1 Mw=8.1 Mw=8.0 Mw=8.5 Mw=7.9 Mw=7.8 Mw=7.9 Mw=7.7 Mw=7.8 Mw=8.1 Mw=7.8 Mw=8.8 Mw=9.0

DEPTH d=33.0 km d=33.0 km d=5.0 km d=27.0 km d=10.0 km d=30.0 km d=30.0 km d=55.0 km d=30.3 km d=10.0 km d=10.0 km d=39.0 km d=30.0 km d=30.0 km d=149.0 km d=19.0 km d=17.0 km d=12.0 km d=18.0 km d=35.0 km d=23.0 km d=32.0 km

LABEL PS MPS MPS MS P MPS PS PS PS PS CMPS CP MS MS MS CP P PS CP P CMPS CPS

Saturn-Earth-Sun Nov 16 2000 Jun 23 2001 N+1 Mars-Earth-Mercury; Earth-Moon-Sun Earth-Venus-Mercury; Earth-Moon-Sun Nov 03 2002 N Sep 25 2003 N Earth-Moon-Sun Earth-Mercury-Venus Dec 23 2004 Earth-Mercury-Venus; Moon-Earth-Sun Dec 26 2004 F Earth-Mercury-Sun; Earth-Sun-Venus Mar 28 2005 Jupiter-Earth-Sun May 03 2006 Earth-Sun-Venus-Jupiter Nov 15 2006 Earth-Sun-Mercury Jan 13 2007 Apr 01 2007 F Mars-Earth-Elenin; Moon-Earth-Sun Earth-Venus-Elenin Aug 15 2007 Sep 12 2007 N Earth-Moon-Sun Earth-Moon-Sun Sep 12 2007 N Dec 09 2007 N Earth-Moon-Sun Elenin-Earth-Neptune May 12 2008 Earth-Mercury-Jupiter Jan 03 2009 Earth-Sun-Mercury Jul 15 2009 Earth-Venus-Elenin Sep 29 2009 Venus-Earth-Uranus Oct 07 2009 Elenin-Earth-Sun; Earth-Sun-Jupiter;Moon Feb 27 2010 F Elenin-Earth-Sun; Earth-Mercury-Uranus Mar 11 2011

Table 2. Comparison of the Earths astronomical alignments at the peak-times, v. very strong (~M8+) earthquakes of the decade of 2000s (expanded by the earthquakes from years 2000, and the available part of 2011). Labels as before.

Table 2 shows that the epochs of the very strong earthquakes from the decade of 2000s coincide in time with the astronomical alignments, at around their peak-times. Note that, in terms of very strong seismicity, the Elenin started playing a role in 2007, and continued doing so, contributing in 6 out of the 22 alignment-relating seisms. Similarly, the Sun participated in 19 such alignments, the Mercury in 9, the Venus in 8, the Moon in 9, the Mars in 2, the Jupiter in 4, the Saturn in 1, the Uranus in 2, and the Neptune in 1. The planetoid Pluto played no role.

The planets generally play lesser role in seismicity-relating alignments the farther they are from the Sun, not from the Earth. Besides being expected (since orbital periods generally become longer with an increase in orbital radius), this is also in agreement with the hyperresonator extension of the georesonator concept: the here empirically demonstrated mechanism for the generation of seismicity lies outside the Earth. Note that the alignments with the Sun can last up to three of even more days, due to the Suns size and consequently a greater gravitational shadow.

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Figure 2. Occurrence of M8+ earthquakes 1902-2011 (so far), per annum. Note the largest increase in 2007, coinciding th with the Elenin starting to play a role in the seismicity-related alignments, Table 2. Polynomial trend of 4 order.

ALIGNMENTS

DATE

(t) MOON

LOCATION

MAG

DEPTH d=33.0 km d=23.0 km d=30.0 km d=32.0 km d=30.0 km d=23.0 km d= unknown d=Buldir block d=30.0 km d=unknown d=33.0 km

LABEL PS MP MPS CPS MPS CMPS PS CMPS PS MPS P(S)

Earth-Sun-Mercury; Earth-Sun-Venus May 22 1960 Earth-Mercury-Jupiter; Earth-Sun-Mercury Mar 28 1964 Earth-Mercury-Venus; Saturn-Earth-Sun;M Dec 26 2004 Elenin-Earth-Sun; Earth-Mercury-Uranus Mar 11 2011 Jupiter-Earth-Sun; Jupiter-Earth-Mercury Nov 04 1952 Elenin-Earth-Sun; Earth-Sun-Jupiter;Moon Feb 27 2010 Earth-Sun-Venus; Neptune-Earth-Uranus Jan 31 1906 Elenin-Earth-Sun; Jupiter-Earth-Saturn;MS Feb 04 1965 Earth-Mercury-Sun; Earth-Sun-Venus Mar 28 2005 Earth-Mercury-Saturn; Jupit-Earth-Sun;MS Aug 15 1950 Earth-Mercury-Venus; Jupiter-Earth-Sun Mar 09 1957

8,45 Chile Mw=9.5 12,24 F Alaska US Mw=9.2 28,40 F Indonesia Mw=9.1 6, 8 Japan Mw=9.0 12,15 KamchatkaRU Mw=9.0 7, 4 F Chile Mw=8.8 30,20 Ecuador Mw=8.8 12,80 N+3 Alaska US Mw=8.7 4, 7 Indonesia Mw=8.6 8,25 N+2 Assam, Tibet Mw=8.6 4,12 Alaska US Mw=8.6

Table 3. Comparison of the top 11 greatest (all strongest, M8.6+) earthquakes recorded instrumentally (since 1902), and the matching astronomical alignments. The dashed line separates the high-strongest (M9+) earthquakes. t denotes estimated duration (in days) of the alignments. The labeling and luni-solar phases/eclipses as in Table 1.

Table 3 shows eleven strongest (M8.6+) earthquakes recorded instrumentally (i.e., since 1902) v. the matching astronomical alignments. Multiple alignments can be noted on the day of the earthquake. Remarkably, three out of six high-strongest (M9+) earthquakes recorded to day have occurred during the Full Moon. Four of the strongest recorded earthquakes have occurred in the last decade, and two in the last year due to the approaching Elenin. The Sun participated in 18 alignments, the Mercury in 9, the Venus in 5, the Moon in 5, the Jupiter in 6, the Elenin in 3, the Saturn in 3, the Uranus in 2, and the Neptune in 1. The Mars and the Pluto played no role. Thus a general trend as in Table 1 is largely preserved

here too. Interestingly, neither the Mars nor the Pluto played any role in any earthquake examined in this paper. If luni-solar eclipses play a role, then it is only general (see Table 1) albeit not particular, e.g., they seem to play no role at all in the highstrongest (M9+) seismicity. This in turn would mean that their general role is not real either, and that it appears as such only because of a denser sample when more earthquakes are considered; given that there is 4-6 eclipses of any kind per year. A phase of up to 3 days can occur in lunar forcing which results in deep earthquakes [1]. This is evident here for the Alaska, 1965 event, and possibly, for the Tibet 1950 event, too.

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Figure 3. Occurrence of M8.6+ (the top 11) earthquakes between 19022011 (so far), per annum. Note that, for the last half a century, these events came in subsequent pairs, i.e., without a whole calendar year in between that can be called calm in the sense of the high-strongest seismicity. This indicates intensity increase of georesonators external forcing, coinciding with the Elenin starting (in 1965) to play a role in the seismicity-relating alignments of past century; Table 3.

In order to make the georesonator concept useful, a one-on-one relationship ought to be shown for a minimum of 67% earthquakes potentially dangerous to humans. Therefore, one has to examine how well all of the astronomical alignments over a test-period match the very strong seismicity. Expectedly, as it can be seen from Table 1, all of the long alignments do coincide in time with the occurrence of more than one strong earthquake. Comparison in Table 3, from the JPL data, against the USGS annual data as averaged over the Centennial Catalog, shows that there are on average 20-40 astronomical alignments of any duration, per annum, v. less than 100 strong earthquakes per annum. Thus Tables 1-3 essentially establish, at a well over 67% rate, a desired one-on-one relationship between the very strong seismicity and the astronomical alignments. The matching rate for the testing data was actually above 90%, which is then adopted hereby as the declared accuracy of approximate earthquake prediction by the georesonator concept, pending more detailed investigations into the tectonic plates own characteristic frequencies. But what is the extent and the meaning of the approximation as inferred above? In the classical view, successful earthquake prediction requires exact magnitude, time and location. However, given that the herein proved georesonator concept applies to the physics behind the Earth's strongest seismicity (of potentially catastrophic outcome to humans), such a definition must be regarded impractical and too rigid. The definition is then amended and made more specific: Successful prediction is one that can predict a very strong or strongest earthquake to within a few-days interval and at a handful of locations globally. Obviously, the largest absence of land mass on the georesonator will necessarily act as a natural attenuator. This in turn explains a relative seismic tranquility of inland v. oceanic

regions in terms of very strong earthquakes. It is thus evident why the Pacific Ocean, as the largest land mass discontinuity, makes the most suitable region for hosting one Ring of Fire that absorbs most of the Earths magnified vibration that is due to outer forcing. By acting so, the circum-Pacific makes other similar regions relatively calm, such as the circum-Atlantic or the circum-Mediterranean. As an alignment nears, foreshocks occur normally in a matter of days or weeks prior to the main shock, followed by aftershocks as the alignments fade out. Pinpointing strongest earthquakes' location is a matter of applying the existing structural engineering knowledge to future data gathered via globally gridded networks of sensors. Given that the demonstration of georesonator also proves the hyperresonator, it can be said that, generally, a larger gravitational shadow will result in a more energetic response by the georesonator, albeit not proportionately to either the bodys mass or astronomical distance from the Earth, but from the Sun instead. Also, the georesonator is the exact solution to a specific case of the previously unsolved threebody problem of the Newtonian mechanics. The ongoing increase in seismic activity due to combined effects of the Elenin and other celestial objects is manifested in form of phases longer than 3 days, and displacements of more than 10 m. This will continue until the comet crosses into the Earths orbit around 1 August 2011, when the seismicity will subside as the comet speeds up significantly. At that time it will not have enough time for participating in long astronomical alignments in order to pose imminent danger to the Earth as before. The strongest seismicity will then again increase around 20 October 2011, i.e. upon the comets crossing of the Earths orbit on the way out, only to continue subsiding till year 2016. It will finally fade out in terms of very strong seismicity by year 2060.

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Conclusion
The Earths strong seismicity is unrelated to tectonics, and they both arise due to the same external (astronomical) causes. So their mutual causality is not real either. This discovery can have significant effects in preserving human life and habitat, mainly in quake-prone regions. Combined with careful studies of the structural characteristics of the lithosphere, knowledge unveiled via the georesonator concept now offers a real prospect for scientific earthquake forecast. Approximate forecast is feasible in time, location and magnitude. Time-wise, this can be done to within a few days, by monitoring the Earths response to a long alignment as it occurs. Location-wise, this can be done by narrowing the location down to geographical frontiers of the regions/plates whose oscillation frequencies are expected to reach the collapse mode considerably sooner than any others, as the gravitational shadow traverses the Earth (the candidate-regions). Magnitude-wise, this can be done within a few degrees of magnitude, as most earthquakes shown here to be caused by the alignments are of the ~M6+ strength.

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Examples of alignments related to strongest earthquakes of the decade of 2000s

Figure 4. Astronomical alignment (red) Earth-Mercury-Venus on day of M9.1 Indonesia quake of 26-Dec-2004, Table 2.

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Figure 5. Astronomical alignment (red) Jupiter-Earth-Sun on the day of M8 Tonga earthquake of 03-May-2006, Table 2.

Figure 6. Astronomical alignment (red) Elenin-Earth-Sun on the day of M8.8 Chile earthquake of 27-Feb-2010, Table 2.

Figure 7. Astronomical alignment (red) Elenin-Earth-Mercury, -3 day of M9 Japan earthquake of 11-Mar-2011, Table 2.